Four reluctant Tennesseans remained with them and the rest crept forward.

They did not hear any shot after they left the horses until they were within three hundred yards of the house.

Then an apparition caused all to stop simultaneously.
A streak of flame shot above the trees, curved and fell.

It was followed by another and another.

Ned was puzzled, but the Panther laughed low.
"This can't be fireworks on election night," said Davy Crockett.